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Mission # 115

MISSION SUMMARY

Mission Date 25 May 1944
Eighth Air Force Operations Show Operations
Mission
384th BG Mission Number 115, Eighth AF Force Mission Number 370
Focus on Transportation
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The 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) provided two group formations for today's mission attacking transportation targets. The first group flew as the high group of the 41st A Combat Bombardment Wing (41A Group) to Sarreguemines, and the second group flew as the high group of the 41st B Combat Bombardment Wing (41B Group) to Blainville-sur-l'Eau. Excellent bombing was possible in the CAVU conditions, and the bombers really hit their targets accurately.
Primary Target Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards
Type: Transportation
Location: Sarreguemines and Blainville-sur-l'Eau, France
Target Attacked (Mode) Primary (Visual)
Sortie/Aircraft Summary Completed Mission, not including spares - 23
Flying Spare, Completed Mission - 1
Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed - 2
Aborted - 1
Mission Personnel Mission Personnel Roster⇗ or Mission Loading Lists⇗
Mission Documents Combat Mission Records and Plans obtained from the National Archives⇗

27 AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO THIS MISSION
Table is sorted by Pilot, and may be sorted by any column: click the column head.
Aircraft Pilot Results Mission/Sortie Information
42‑3441⇗Pring, Robert Bradford⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed41B Group.
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42‑31484⇗Bennett, Dewayne (NMI)⇗Completed Mission41A Group Lead.
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42‑37785⇗Boger, Eugene Arthur⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑37974⇗Lane, Edward William⇗Completed Mission41A Group, Low Squadron Lead.
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42‑37982⇗James, Robert Huey⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑97072⇗Wortman, Marshall (NMI)⇗Completed Mission41B Group, High Squadron Lead.
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42‑97139⇗June, Glenn Joseph⇗Completed Mission41B Group, Low Squadron Lead.
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42‑97188⇗Kelley, Robert Encil⇗Completed Mission41A Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
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42‑97201⇗Stevens, Raymond Robert⇗Aborted Mission After Taking Off.41B Group. Turned back due to oxygen failure.
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42‑97204⇗Inman, Loren Alexander⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑97263⇗Kelly, John Thomas⇗Completed Mission41B Group Deputy.
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42‑97273⇗Sullivan, James Dominic⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑97282⇗Halasz, John Julius⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑97309⇗Van Every, Russell Meredith⇗Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed41A Group.
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42‑97449⇗Brown, Billie Barnard⇗Completed Mission41B Group, High Squadron Deputy.
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42‑97573⇗Kirkpatrick, William Hugh⇗Completed Mission41A Group, High Squadron Lead.
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42‑102430⇗Adams, William Lowell⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑102442⇗Cranstoun, Richard Leroy⇗Completed Mission41A Group, High Squadron Deputy.
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42‑102449⇗Bennett, Phillip Nathan⇗Completed Mission41B Group Lead.
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42‑102500⇗Thoma, Edward Paul⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑102501⇗Carey, Gates Chapman⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑102518⇗Dean, Ralph Merrick⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑102617⇗Rimbold, Arthur Arimese⇗Completed Mission41A Group.
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42‑102620⇗Peck, Harland Kenneth⇗Completed Mission41B Group.
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42‑107057⇗Shearer, Wilbur Lee⇗Spare, Completed Mission41B Group, Flying Spare Aircraft. Joined formation.
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42‑107121⇗Malone, John James⇗Completed Mission41B Group, Low Squadron Deputy.
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42‑107125⇗Pompe, Bernard Joseph⇗Completed Mission41A Group Deputy.
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